About Me

I am a physician, bioethicist, and informatician currently completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on the ethics, legal, and social issues of artificial intelligence in healthcare with attention to addressing health disparities. I bring a unique educational background to address issues at the intersection of bioethics, information technology, and medicine. During this work, I ensure to consider the patient perspective and engagement with the community. I am fortunate to be in a position to have a positive impact on how medicine will function in the future, with the goal of achieving more health equity. As part of my dedication to this goal, I am continue to improve my knowledge and skills. My experiences to this point have contributed to shaping both my knowledge and my goals.

I completed medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine from 2013-2017 and internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital from 2017-2020. During my residency I completed an M.A. degree in Urban Bioethics from Temple University with my thesis on A Sociotechnical Theory of Justice in Healthcare applying John Rawls' Difference Principle to the use of technology in healthcare. Following residency, I moved to Oregon Health & Science University where I completed a clinical informatics fellowship. During the fellowship at OHSU, I also obtained an M.S. in biomedical informatics with my capstone project involving the development of an online training module on algorithmic bias for clinicians. This work was selected for the Linking Informatics and Education Academic Forum best paper award at the 2022 American Medical Informatics Association Symposium. While at OHSU, I practiced clinically as an attending for hospital medicine at the Portland VA Medical Center, primarily on teaching teams.

Equity Statement: People of all backgrounds deserve equitable treatment; these groups include, but are not limited to, race/ethnicity, sex, gender identity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, military veteran status, housing and food insecurity, mental health, physical disabilities, and financial insecurity. To move toward this ideal, we must justly attend to the social determinant of health.